St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
Sargent County.

farmer of Central Dakota tell you farm
ers of the East something of Sargent
county, the location, the crops, the price
of land and the railroad facilities, and,
in the first place, if you look on the
map you will see Sargent county, which
is thirty-six miles long by twenty-four
wide, is neither north nor south and is
more east than west, and while it does
not lie in the Red river valley, it lies, so
to speak, on the divide (the waters from
the east two-thirds run east and the
west One-third weSt), where we neither
suffer from drought or two much rain.
The land is gently rolling prairie.
The soil is black sandy loan. rather
heavy as whole, and on about one
third of the county will be found few
stones. The water is good, and the best
kind of prairie hay grows in abundance;
and as TO crops, Sargent county is best
adapted to general farming, and, in my
opinion, founded on the prosperity of
her farmers, that she has no superior.
She can raise and be sure of No.
1 hard wheat with the highest
price. Oats are bOuntiful crop every
year; so also is barley, which is
raised extensively stock, and the
root crop is equal to that of the more
northern counties, while every year
since / have been in the county q came
in 1882 good corn crop has been
raised. and if man comes here and
farms as he should, puts in his corn
early and works it, it is sure crop.
and as stock county it cannot be sur
passed, and to show you this, in the
township where live, the increase of
stock sold by the farmers this year was
enough to pay the tax on all the land of
fha fnx % infn hn
total mortgage debt, leaving the hog,
potato and produce crops to pay for
labor and for profit. Now, this shows
you how prosperous the farmers in this
locality are becoming. Land is very
cheap. 1t can be bought from $3.50 to
$40 per acre, according to location. And
now, if you will look again on recent
map, you will see that the Minneapolis
Il Pacific railroad runs through the
center of the county, from east to west.
The Manitoba railroad parallels it six
miles south, through the whole distance.
The Chicago, Milwaukee IL st. Paul
runs north and south through the
county twelve miles east of the west
line, and the Northern Pacific which
runs twelve miles into the county six
miles south of the north line from the
east, so you can all see what great CON-
petition we have in freight rates, so al
ways get the highest price for wheat
Minneapolis, or to the South, as the
price is the best. Hard coal from Du-
luth is worth about $40 per ton, while
we get soft coal from the Iowa fields
very cheap. The people get wood on
the north from the Cheyenne river, on
the east from the Wild Rice river, and
on the south from the Coteau hills, at
about So cord, or 50 load, for good
oak logs. Land. as you see, is exceed
ingly cheap, considering the advantage,
but the roads have only just come in
and there has been no ''b0om in prices"
as we say out here, but next summer is
the time and the earlier in the
spring you come to the county the
better. We have number of good
towns, the foremost of which is Forman,
the county seat, on the Minneapolis &
Pacific, in the exact center of the
county. Then there are Minor, Rut-
land, Harlem, Sargent and Havana.
So.working farmers, industrious and en-
terpriSing men, come and see us. We
will be glad to see you. We all want
neighbOrs. Why? To help us start our
creamerieS and cheese factories, for this
is beginning to be and will be great
dairy country. To help us with our
schools. We have four school houses
to every township, for our children
must and shall have good education.
To help us support our churches, of
which we have good start for new
country, for the prosperity of the
United States is founded on the word of
God, and you will find us all a con-
tented and prosperous people. who have
our homes here. Think of this, farm
ers, and all men who want to be free,
with homes of your own, and if you
want to know anything further write.
and this winter | will inform you as
much as 1 am able. And, remember,
l have no land to sell. no ak to grind,
except want to see my county settle
up by an industrious people, who will
be prosperous. ISAAC LINCOLN.